Despite some messy field conditions at Lakeside Field Friday, the Eastern women’s soccer team was able to notch a 2-1 overtime win against Belmont on Senior Day, paced by two goals from senior Kristin Germann.

Despite the late game heroics, it still was not enough to push the Panthers into the Ohio Valley Conference tournament, with the team finishing seventh in the overall standings. The top six teams advance to the post-season tournament.

This season will be the first in the last 14 that the Panthers will not be participating in the OVC tournament, and the first time in head coach Summer Perala’s career as Eastern head coach that the team has missed the tournament.

Germann’s first goal came in the 39th minute.

The goal was unassisted, as Germann caught her own rebound and was able to find the back of the net.

Belmont, who would be facing Eastern for the first time as an OVC opponent, responded in the 75th minute to put one past red-shirt junior goalkeeper Jessica Taldone.

With the game tied at 1-1, the Panthers headed to overtime, where Germann would strike again, this time off a pass from freshman Hannah Miller.

Eastern finished the season with an overall record of 6-12-1 and 4-5-1 in the OVC.

With the regular season over, the tournament field is now set, with defending champion Tennessee-Martin holding the No. 1 overall seed.

Tennessee-Martin will again host the tournament, set to take place on Nov. 1.

Austin Peay is the No. 2 seed in the tournament.

Both Tennessee-Martin and Austin Peay will each have first-round byes entering the tournament.

Tennessee-Martin will take on the winner of No. 4 Southeast Missouri vs. No. 5 Belmont, while Austin Peay will take on the winner of No. 3 Eastern Kentucky vs. No. 6 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

According to the OVC’s official website, because of technical issues, the tournament will not be streamed on the OVC Digital Network.

Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].